Hiroshima
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Mōri Terumoto
Daimyō · Member of the Council of Five Regents (Gotairō) · Lord of Hiroshima · Lord of Hagi (Chōshū domain)
Grandson of Mōri Motonari and head of the Mōri clan from 1566 to 1623, Mōri Terumoto was one of the great lords of western Japan at the end of the Sengoku period. His name is linked to two major castles: Hiroshima, which he began building in 1589 on the Ōta River delta, abandoning the mountain fortress of Kōriyama, and Hagi, which he founded in 1604 after the defeat at Sekigahara. A member of the Council of Five Regents established by Toyotomi Hideyoshi, he was nominal commander of the Western Army in 1600 without having fought, and his domains were reduced to the provinces of Suō and Nagato. He established on the Sea of Japan coast the seat of the future Chōshū domain, which remained under the Mōri until the Meiji period.
Naissance22 janvier 1553
Décès2 juin 1625
FonctionDaimyō · Member of the Council of Five Regents (Gotairō)
MaisonClan Mōri
ÉpoqueSengoku period – early Edo period
Histoire & patrimoine
From Hiroshima to Hagi
Terumoto marks the Mōri's transition from a mountain fortress to a plains castle: in 1589, he abandoned Kōriyama to build Hiroshima on a delta open to the Seto Inland Sea. After Sekigahara, the confiscation of his lands forced him to settle at Hagi, on the Sea of Japan coast, where from 1604 he had built a castle combining a plains enclosure surrounded by three moats with a hilltop redoubt on Mount Shizuki. This choice of a remote, defensible site fixed the centre of the Chōshū domain for two and a half centuries.
Château de HiroshimaRepères dans sa vie
1553
Born, grandson of Mōri Motonari and son of Mōri Takamoto.
1566
Becomes head of the Mōri clan.
1589
Begins construction of Hiroshima Castle on the Ōta River delta.
1591
Transfers his seat from Kōriyama Castle to Hiroshima.
1600
Nominal commander of the Western Army at Sekigahara, he remains at Ōsaka Castle; his domains are subsequently reduced to Suō and Nagato.
1604
Founds Hagi Castle, completed in 1608, seat of the Chōshū domain.
1623
End of his role as head of the clan; his son Mōri Hidenari succeeds him.
1625
Death.
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Mōri Terumoto dans l’histoire
Sekigahara, a defeat without battle
Appointed nominal commander of the Western Army in 1600, Terumoto remained at Ōsaka Castle during the battle. Negotiations conducted by his cousin Kikkawa Hiroie did not prevent Tokugawa Ieyasu from reducing the clan's possessions to the provinces of Suō and Nagato alone, estimated at around 360,000 to 370,000 koku. Retired under the Buddhist name Sōzui, he continued to guide his son Hidenari.
Founding of Hiroshima Castle
1589 · Start of work on the delta, origin of the city of Hiroshima.
HiroshimaAbandonment of Yoshida-Kōriyama Castle
1591 · The Mōri seat moves to Hiroshima.
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Cette synthèse croise plusieurs sources pour documenter les lieux, événements et relations historiques.
- Mōri Terumoto — Wikipedia
- 毛利輝元 (Kotobank : Nihon Daihyakka Zensho, Britannica Japan…) — Kotobank
- Site of Hagi Domain Castle built by the Mōri family — Hagi Tourism Association
- 萩城 — Wikipedia JA